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# Keyboard Shortcuts

MathLive.js supports two methods to speed up input using a physical keyboard.

• keystroke shortcuts
• inline shortcuts

## Keystroke Shortcuts

Keystroke shortcuts are typically a combination of keys pressed simultaneously that triggers a command.

For example, pressing alt/option and the V key at the same time will insert a square root. Pressing ctrl/cmd and the Z key at the same time will undo the last command.

MathLive has an extensive set of default keystroke shortcuts. To override, customize or add to the list of supported keyboard shortcuts, provide an appropriate handler as part of MathLive's configuration:

### config.onKeystroke: function(mathfield, keystroke: string, ev:Event)

Invoked when a keystroke is about to be processed.

• keystroke is a string describing the keystroke, for example Ctrl-KeyA
• ev is the native JavaScript keyboard event.

Return false to stop handling of the event, otherwise the default command (if any) associated with this keystroke will be processed.

## Inline Shortcuts

An inline shortcut is a sequence of keystrokes typed on the keyboard that get replaced with another symbol. Unlike keystroke shortcuts they cannot be used to trigger a command.

For example, typing the p key followed by the i key will result in the *π(\pi) symbol being inserted.

If a substitution was undesirable, use undo to revert to the raw input.

MathLive has some built-in inline shortcuts defined, but they can be replaced or enhanced with new shortcuts.

### config.overrideDefaultInlineShortcuts: boolean=false

If true the default inline shortcuts are ignored.

Use this if you want to completely override (or turn off) the default inline shortcuts.

### config.inlineShortcuts: Object.<string, string>

A map of shortcuts → replacement value.

For example { 'pi': '\\pi'}.

If overrideDefaultInlineShortcuts is false, these shortcuts are applied after any default ones, and can therefore override them.

### config.inlineShortcutTimeout: number = 0

Maximum time, in milliseconds, between consecutive characters for them to be considered part of the same shortcut sequence.

A value of 0 is the same as infinity: any consecutive character will be candidate for an inline shortcut, regardless of the interval between this character and the previous one.

A value of 750 will indicate that the maximum interval between two characters to be considered part of the same inline shortcut sequence is 3/4 of a second.

This is useful to enter "+-" as a sequence of two characters, while also supporting the "±" shortcut with the same sequence.

The first result can be entered by pausing slightly between the first and second character if this option is set to a value of 250 or so.

Note that some operations, such as clicking to change the selection, or losing the focus on the mathfield, will automatically timeout the shortcuts.

### MathASCII Inline Shortcuts

MathASCII defines a series of shortcuts that can be typed with ASCII characters to represent mathematical symbols and expressions.

The most common MathASCII shortcuts are part of the default inline shortcuts. To support additional MathASCII shortcuts, add them to the inlineShortcuts setting.

inlineShortcuts: {
//
// ASCIIIMath
//
// Binary operation symbols
'*': '\\cdot',
'**': '\\ast',
'***': '\\star',
'//': '\\slash',
'\\\\\': '\\backslash',
'setminus': '\\backslash',
'|><': '\\ltimes',
'><|': '\\rtimes',
'|><|': '\\bowtie',
'-:': '\\div',
'divide': '\\div',
'@': '\\circ',
'o+': '\\oplus',
'ox': '\\otimes',
'o.': '\\odot',
'^^': '\\wedge',
'^^^': '\\bigwedge',
'vv': '\\vee',
'vvv': '\\bigvee',
'nn': '\\cap',
'nnn': '\\bigcap',
'uu': '\\cup',
'uuu': '\\bigcup',

// Binary relation symbols
'-=': '\\equiv',
'~=': '\\cong',
'lt':                   '<',
'lt=': '\\leq',
'gt':                   '>',
'gt=': '\\geq',
'-<': '\\prec',
'-lt': '\\prec',
'-<=': '\\preceq',
// '>-': '\\succ',
'>-=': '\\succeq',
'prop': '\\propto',
'diamond': '\\diamond',
'square': '\\square',
'iff': '\\iff',

'sub': '\\subset',
'sup': '\\supset',
'sube': '\\subseteq',
'supe': '\\supseteq',
'uarr': '\\uparrow',
'darr': '\\downarrow',
'rarr': '\\rightarrow',
'rArr': '\\Rightarrow',
'larr': '\\leftarrow',
'lArr': '\\Leftarrow',
'harr': '\\leftrightarrow',
'hArr': '\\Leftrightarrow',
'aleph': '\\aleph',

// Logic
'and': '\\land',
'or': '\\lor',
'not': '\\neg',
'_|_': '\\bot',
'TT': '\\top',
'|--': '\\vdash',
'|==': '\\models',

// Other functions
'|__': '\\lfloor',
'__|': '\\rfloor',

'|~': '\\lceiling',
'~|': '\\rceiling',

// Arrows
'>->': '\\rightarrowtail',
},